Speakers

Julie Fisher is a nationally and internationally recognised expert on early childhood education and is currently an independent Early Years Adviser and visiting Professor of Early Childhood Education.

She held the post of Early Years Adviser in Oxfordshire for 11 years, before which she was lecturer in early childhood education at the University of Reading. She has taught children from 3 to 12 years of age and has been headteacher of two urban, multi-cultural schools.

In her work, Julie draws on her own research projects with practitioners and children. She is a well-known and respected author whose books include ‘Starting from the Child?’ (5th edition 2024), ‘Moving on to KS1’ (2nd edition 2020), and her best-selling ‘Interacting or Interfering?’ (2016).

Julie holds a doctorate for her research into the changing role of early childhood educators and is a proud recipient of the Nursery World Lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution to early childhood education.